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Resolution
From the
The Coconut Grove Village Council
Regarding the
Proposed "Grove Village on Grand" Development
July 17, 2008
WHEREAS: The Village Council received presentations of the
conceptual plans for the proposed "Grove Village on Grand"
development, which encompasses approximately 6-1/2 blocks
bounded by Florida Avenue on the North, Thomas Avenue on the
South, Plaza Street on the West and Margaret Street on the East, at
their meetings in May and June 2008; and
WHEREAS: The first phase of the "Grove Village on Grand"
development has gone before the Planning Advisory Board and the
Zoning Board for review of proposed land use and zoning changes,
and for first reading before the City Commission; and
WHEREAS: The Village Council, at its meeting on June 19, 2008
moved to create an ad hoc committee to meet with residents of
Village West and representatives of the developer responsible for
the "Grove Village on Grand" project for the purpose of
facilitating communication between the parties, and to allow
members of Council to better understand their respective positions
regarding the development; and
WHEREAS: The ad hoc committee has had three meetings with
the respective groups; and
WHEREAS: The first phase of the "Grove Village on Grand
project will go before the City Commission for second reading
regarding proposed land use and zoning changes;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, with respect to Phase I of
the proposed Grove Village on Grand Avenue, that the Coconut
Grove Village Council:
1. Is supportive of the following elements of the conceptual
plans presented to Council in May and June 2008:
• Organization of higher intensity development along
the Grand Avenue street frontage;
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• Maintaining the existing five story maximum height limit, with step -backs on the
fifth floor to reduce the apparent mass of the development;
• Provision of underground parking to reduce the visual impact of this use on the
development site and surrounding community;
• Development of 1 and 2 story residential uses along the north and south edges of
the proposed development to provide a transition to the adjacent single family
detached houses;
• Inclusion of a supermarket/grocery store in the development;
• Retention of the existing Farmers Market and Domino Park;
• Provision of new civic and park spaces on the project site.
2. Recommends that the City Commission require that the developer offer a covenant to run
with the land that will provide a binding commitment that the property shall be developed in
accordance with the provisions contained therein; and
Recommends that the covenant, or other form of binding agreement, include the following:
• A commitment to construct detached and attached single family residences along
Florida and Thomas Avenues respectively, with a maximum height of 25 feet, and
with a provision prohibiting the use of such residences for office use, and that
such residential construction have a reasonable time -certain for completion;
• A commitment to develop a fixed number of affordable and workforce housing
units within the Village West, with the number of units to be determined based on
completion of a Comprehensive Housing Needs Study for the Village West, and
receipt of available subsidies to support such development and that such
residential construction have a reasonable time -certain for completion;
• A commitment to prepare a traffic management plan for the development that will
include recommended design features for inclusion in the project plans that will:
— Minimize the visual and other impacts of vehicular ingress and egress to the
development on the adjacent residential uses
— Provide traffic calming elements, such as roundabouts, to slow traffic on
residential streets around the development
— Provide construction of an appropriate street cross section along Florida and
Thomas Avenues to deter the spill -over of commercial parking into adjacent
residential blocks;
• A commitment that there be constructed appropriate buffers — including both
landscape and wall elements between the proposed new development and any
existing single family residential parcels that will abut the proposed development
sites, with the plans for such buffers to be included in the covenant;
• A commitment that there be a pre -construction structural survey prepared of
abutting properties and structures to provide a way to evaluate any damage that
may be caused during construction;
• A commitment, by the developer, to a process of communication and involvement
of the Village West community in the planning, design and periodic, post -
construction review of issues related to the operation of the proposed
development that may negatively impact adjacent residential areas;
Submitted into the
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City Clerk
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3. Recommends that the City Commission commit to the preparation of a
Comprehensive Housing Needs Study for Coconut Grove that will inform the plan for
development of affordable and workforce housing in Village West as described in
preceding sections of this resolution;
4. Recommends that the City Commission specifically affirm their commitment to
enforce the provisions of the developer covenant; and
5. Requests a commitment by the city to restore the existing zoning of the properties
within the proposed project boundaries, should the development not proceed within a
reasonable time -certain.
By:
By:
Chair, Coconut Grove Village-.uncil
Secretary, Coconut Grove Village Council
Submitted Into the
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Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
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